So much pain. I curl into a fetal position, clutching my arms to my chest, just staring at my guns where I dropped them. My hair becomes matted with mud as my tears and sweat soak the dirt covered pavement. 'Myah,' I cry. 'Myah—don't.' More pain shoots to my chest and rumbles through my entire body. Images of Onyx curling over, squeaking in agony make me curl tighter. I see through Myah's eyes. Her last moments. I see darkness crowding my vision, sinking us deeper into death. 'Myah, please...' Roxy finds herself fighting for her loved ones' lives against those who want to harm her and against a new threat: The Employer, a mysterious person who put a bounty on Roxy's head. Coming to her aid, a stranger appeared and saved her life both on a mission and at home, leaving clues that he knows who she is both in her human life and in the Real World. If the stranger knows who Roxy is and is an ally, why does he stay in the shadows?